🎧 Foxes need a manager - and fast

"I'm a bit puzzled as to why they haven't sorted this because they've had time."

The preseason action begins for Leicester City when they host Peterborough United on Saturday, but without a permanent manager, how much can fans take from the match as a glimpse into the future?

The Foxes will be under the guidance of former midfielder Andy King for the game, but former City striker Steve Howard does not see the 36-year-old being an on-going solution.

"I think it's a little bit too early for him," Howard told the When You're Smiling podcast.

"I think he'd be a really good manager further down the line but with a club like Leicester, you want them to bounce straight back and that's the whole aim.

"You need an experienced guy in there, but quickly."

Howard said urgency is key, or else Leicester risk going into the new season underprepared.

"If someone said to you, how does Leicester play, you'd say I don't really know," he added.

"I think a manager is going to come in, especially in preseason, and say this is the way I play, this is my idea, this is the identity I want Leicester City to have.

"So the longer this drags on, the worse it's going to be."

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